[U-Boot] [PATCH] fm-eth: Add ability for board code to disable a port

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Sep 14 22:13:18 CEST 2011


Dear Kumar Gala,

In message <1316020387-6252-1-git-send-email-galak at kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
> The SoC configuration may have more ports enabled than a given board
> actually can utilize.  Add a routinue that allows the board code to
> disable a port that it knows isn't being used.

I don't get it.  If you know you are not using / able to use a
specific port, then why do you enable it in the first place?

First creating a mess and then needing extra code to clean it up seems
.... well, let's say suboptimal to me.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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